So I thought I could do it. I thought I could get away. Let's just say I failed. You know me, I love being melodramatic. I love thinking that the fire's coming down in a whirlwind of fury, and that my life will turn around on a dime when I travel 300 miles to the north and take a new job. Naturally, oh so naturally, I was wrong. egh ( Read more... )

so this is it, everyone. my two years serving active duty in the u.s. air force is about to come to an end. inthis light, i've decided that this will be the last post of my journal ( Read more... )

There is a calm about my life at the moment. Encircling, enclosing, enholding my very self. Theresa, my dear sister, is making some morning business (Mary Kay) calls; Gregory Karol, her son, is napping peacefully on his 1st birthday; Pete, her husband, is spending the day giving tours of a Fransiscan monastery (or at least a replica of one); and ( Read more... )

a few rather big things ( Read more... )

after watching sin city last night, a movie which i thoroughly enjoy, i came to a sort of epiphany on the use of sex and violence in movies ( Read more... )

I'm not even going to attempt, in this small space, to explore the depths of my adventure in Europe the past two weeks, or my feelings now as I approach the last two months of my time in the Air Force. I will, however, present a few notable moments for you to reflect on...some of my best times in the islands of Europe ( Read more... )

on monday afternoon i leave american soil for the first time since december of 2004. some have never left U.S. soil, even more have never left the americas. i find, each time, that it is an extremely benefitting and amazing experience. it is blessed, touched with grace, filled with history, foreign lands, excitement, and adventure. the ( Read more... )

well, everyone, this is to announce that i have accepted a job teaching high school at Faustina Academy in Irving, Texas next year. :)

there's about 10 thousand things to do between right now and leaving for europe on tuesday, but the above decision makes it just a bit easier. so that's nice.

cheers.

tonight, i feel quite strongly, i received my first true calling in life. now don't get excited, it's not what you may think. but, amidst tears, frustrations, and wanderings through an empty parking lot and staring at the sky in true john slattery fashion, I believe God revealed to me what i need to do is not so foreign and strange after all. ( Read more... )

am i stressed. i don't how i let it get to me time and time again. the drive to work, i mean. this morning i really let it, too. i suppose my back starting to hurt again doesn't help, and realizing that traffic causes my blood pressure to go up doesn't help either. i suppose i need to start cycling again to and from work. its a pain at times ( Read more... )